I am trying to update my self on Magic in antiquity, and especially on magic among the diaspora Jews, Philo included. I have found this bibliography in particular valuable: Jewish Magic Bibliography. It does not, however, contain many items on magic in Philo.
One aspect of magic is the 'evil eye' syndrome. In several texts this is apparently the meaning behind the use of the baskainw word group. This verb and its related nouns are fairly frequent in the works of Philo, though not always in contexts of magic. There are several studies on the phenomenon of the 'evil eye' in the New Testament. Mark Nanos has an article on his website that is very informative on both the bibliography of 'evil eye' and on the use of this feature in Gal. 3:1. This article is missing in the bibliography mentioned above.
If anyone else is working on magic in the Jewish diaspora, and have further references, I would be very pleased if they could get in touch via the 'comment' field below.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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